University of Nebraska College of Law - Yearbook (Lincoln, NE)

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imagination and a lively sense of humor, we should have that saving grace that makes trying situations more easy for us and others to bear and enables us the more readily to enter into and realize the situation of others. The imagination is a kingly faculty, and, cli- rected by strong will, is far more powerful than we are inclined to think. Nothing is ever done that first is not imagined. Not only think over, study out, and carefully prepare your cases, your briefs, your arguments, but also brood over them and clothe them with the warmth of your imagination, and you will act, write, and speak, not by rote, but as a creator of circumstances and a doer of things. A man's inner nature is known by his ideals. They will show forth in spite of his faults. Keep your ideals high: warm them into life and action by the heat of your well-trained imaginationg keep your judgments and your actions well in hand by your sense of humor and by your common sense, and you will be that best of law- yers-one who is a large-hearted, whole-souled man. il xv : l ' V A - - ' . W ! I . jyif' 'L it , ,-K f . 1-12. :xv .5 , air f Design for a Seal for a Will S9

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counselor at law who realizes and endeavors to perform the obliga- tions of his most honorable office will sit quietly by while he has reason to thi-nk that his client, in matters in which he, the counsel, is employed, is acting against or in evasion of the law of the land and good conscience. The criminal has rights and is entitled to a fair, earnest, and courageous defense and to the proper protection of the law. It is one thing, however, to see that these rights are secured and main- tained when clients are charged with the commission of past' of- fenses, it is quite another thing to advise, permit, or wink at one's client's cunning and pretended performance of what is required by the forms of law while actually evading its provisions, working against its intent and doing those acts which are against the inter- ests of the community and in derogation of the moral law. A lawyer need not be a crank in order to do what is right. A firm but unobtrusive and tactful attitude in regard to the matters which he has in hand, a quiet word, dropped at the right time, to the right man in the right place, will do far more good than lime- light posing and volumes of holier-than-thou denunciation. Talk is sometimes advisable, although not so often as we think necessary and useful, but a good example is always effective. Four more things ought never to be forgotten: never lose sight of your common sense, keep always at hand your sense of humor, cultivate actively and judiciously the powers of your imagination and hold with unyielding tenacity to the highest ideals. The more each lawyer cultivates actively these four things, while attending thoroughly to the study and work of his practice, the better the lawyer and the more of a man will he be. VVe all of us know the value of common sense, although we may fail often in its practice, but do we realize the value to ourselves and others of preserving, for use at the proper time and the right place, our sense of humor? It is not so much that we should be able to amuse and entertain others. Such a gift is useful but not imperatively demanded. It is of great moment, however, that, by the aid of a well-regulated gpgyqp Ni-.11 Yana wuanj UN TRIFLE5 Bur CnNnEN5E, 'STRIKE W,-ru THE M1155 DF THUUGHT Nur Harms DF SENSE. 88

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